Window-fastener.



No, 720,462. l 'PATENTE-D 513.10, 1903.

L M. MovoY L J. W. SULLIVAN.

WINDOW PASTI-INEE. APILIoLTmN rILIzn JULY 2a', 1902.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICF..

JOI-IN M. MevoY AND JOHN w. SULLIVAN, oF iFENsAOOLA, FLORIDA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,462, dated February 10, 1903.

Application led J'uly 23, 1902.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. MOVOY and JOHN W. SULLIVAN, citizens of the United locked when the lower sash is raised to its drawings, to be taken as a part of this speci- I ication, and whereinj *A Figure 1 is a vertical sectionalwview show;`

ing the members of the device in Operative relation, the shutters being indicated by the vertical dotted line and the fastenings attached thereto similarly illustrated. Fig. 2 is a detail front elevation of the staple which is engaged by the hook on the sash to loc the sash closed.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the lower sash; B, a pane of glass therein; C, the lower rail of the sash; D indicates the sill of the window-frame, and E designates the lower rail of the upper sash. These elements or parts are all of the usual well-known construction and require no special description. In the lower rail C of the lower sash A are made upper and lower passages 1 2, which ex' tend transverselythrough the rail. To the outer face of the lower rail C is secured a plate 3, made with apertures registering with the passages through the rail. This plate may be let into'the rail, as shown, so that its outer face is On a plane with the face of the rail. The plate 3 is loose on the stem passing through it to make it adjustable to rails of different thickness. Onthe'innerface of -the rail C is secured av plate 4, formed with an aperture 5, registering with the passage 1, and having an integral stem 6 extending SerialNm 116,727. (No model.) i

through and ttin'g in the passage 2, and in the extending or projecting portion of the stem is formed a threaded socket 7, wherein the threaded stem S of a cross-bar 9 engages and is ad justably disposed. The cross-bar 9 in use is placed in vertical position and engages in eyes or staples 10, secured in the shutter. A locking-nut l2 on the stem 8 locks the shutter-fastener in any position to which it may be adjusted. On the outer side of the plate 4 areformed ears 13 in alinement with the stem 6, wherein is pivotally hung a latch or hook 14, the nose of whichengages in a staple 15, secured to the window-sill.

It will now be perceived that when the foregoingdescribed parts are in the relative position shown in Fig. l, the cross-bar being engaged in the eye or staple i'n the shutter and 'the hook in engagement with the staple 15' inl ward movement and the shutter is held securely closed. lt will 'be seen also that the hooklt can be` readily disengaged from the staple, and then by raising the sash the arm of;the crossbar is withdrawn from the shutter-staple, and then the shutter may be pushed open. v

In the passage 1 is slidingly arranged a bolt 16, provided witha stem 17, which 'is threaded at'its outer portion and projected through the 'aperture 5, and on the projecting part is mounted a finger-nut 18, by which the bolt may be adjusted in proper position and also be manipulated as desired. When the fingernut 18 has been adjusted to the position required, it may be secured therein by a setscrew 19. On the stem of the bolt is arranged an expansive spring 20, having one end lodged against the inner face of the plate 4 and the other bearing against the base of the bolt, so that the force of the spring is always in action to push the outer end of the bolt beyond the face of the plate 3, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. To the under face of the lower rail of the upper sash is secured a (Indicated by the dotted line 11.)

keeper or socket-piece 21, in which the end of per arm of the cross-bar 9 also engages in the with its lower rail into substantial alinement with the lower rail of the upper sash and there held and the shutters at the same time be locked, and that when the lower sash is down it is locked by the hook on the inner side and the shutters also locked by the engagement of the lower arm of the cross-bar with the staple therein. These operations and engagements are automatically accomplished by lifting or lowering the lower sash.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. A combined sash and shutter fastener, comprising a spring-actuated bolt projected through the lower rail of the lower sash, a socket-piece on the lower rail of the upper sash, a stem projected through the lower rail of the lower sash and formed with a threaded socket, a cross-bar having a threaded stem to engage in the socket, and a staple in the shutter engaged by the cross-bar.

2. In a window sash and shutter fastener, the combination with the upper sash and the lower sash formed with upper and lower passages therethrough, of a plate secured to the outer face of the lower rail of the lower sash provided with apertures alining with the said passages, a plate secured to the inner side of the lower rail of the lower sash and formed with a stem projected through the lower passage and provided with a threaded socket, a cross-bar having a threaded stem engaging in the threaded socket, upper and lower staples secured in the shutters arranged to be engaged by the arms of the cross-bar, respectively, a spring-actuated bolt in the upper passage of the sash-rail, and a keeper on the lower rail of the upper sash engaged by the bolt.

3. A combined window sash and shutter fastener,comprisinga stem projected through the lower rail of the window-sash and formed with a socket, a cross-bar having a stem engaging in the socket, means on the shutter wi-th which the cross-bar engages, a hook on the inner end of the stem in the sash-rail, and a fixed member engaged by the hook to hold the sash down.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. MCVOY, JOHN W. SULLIVAN.

lVitnesses:

B. J. TRoBoK, J AMES M. JOHNSON. 

